Some Generous Place

If I had grown in some generous place—
if my hours had opened in ease—
I would make You a lavish banquet.
My hands wouldn’t clutch at You like this,
so needy and tight.

~Rainer Maria Rilke

Artwork:
Bracquemond, F. (1873). Jesus heals a woman. [Etching on paper]. Retrieved from Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.